Pantomime Scripts

Richard Gauntlett has been writing Pantomime scripts for over ten years. As resident script writer for The Theatre Royal in Norwich and The Hiss and Boo Theatre Company his Pantomimes have proved very popular and are now, each year, produced in many venues throughout the UK.."

"Clever funny scripts which entertain thousands of Panto-goers year after year - Good pantomime writers are far and few between and we have found ours."Peter Wilson, Chief Executive, Theatre Royal, Norwich.

Cinderella

Script A Large Scale
Poor Cinders lives with her bankrupt father, Baron Hardup and her two ugly stepsisters dreaming of ‘Happily Ever After’. Prince Charming, disguised as Dandini his valet, meets Cinders and falls in love with Cinders. With the help of a Fairy Godmother and a lovable servant, Buttons, she attends the Royal Ball but flees at Midnight leaving a single glass slipper.
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Script B Mid Scale
Poor Cinders lives with her bankrupt father, Baron Hardup, her domineering Stepmother and two ugly stepsisters dreaming of ‘Happily Ever After’. Prince Charming, disguised as Dandini his valet, meets Cinders and falls in love with Cinders. With the help of a Fairy Godmother and a lovable servant, Buttons, she attends the Royal Ball but flees at Midnight leaving a single glass slipper.
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Jack & The Beanstalk

Giant Blunderbore is causing havoc! He’s eating all the livestock and demanding extortionate rent via his henchman the horrible Chalice from the Palace. Bankrupt Old King Cole has decided to marry off his daughter to a rich prince from a land far away. Jack Trott, son of Dame Trott the local dairy farmer, tells all he will kill the Giant if only he can reach his castle!

Prince Caspian arrives and disguises himself as a travelling Troubadour to meet his true love and meets the Princess unaware of her true identity – they are kidnapped by the giant. Jack is sent off to sell Daisy, the Dairy’s cow, and is hoodwinked to swapping her for a bag of magic beans. Dame Trott is furious and throws the beans out of the window.

They grow to form a Magic Beanstalk leading to the Giant’s castle! Jack reluctantly climbs to save the day
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Jack and the Beanstalk B
Circus Jack! The Trott Family Circus comes to town! Jill is in love with the Animal Trainer – Jack with his amazing performing elephant Nellie. Despard Murgatroyd, the local landowner, makes a deal with the Giant to avenge the Mayor, kidnaps Jill and swaps Nellie for a bag of beans.

Jack, Dame Petula and Billy mount a rescue mission with the help from a Fairy and a team of giant mice.

Snow White & The Seven Dwarves

Snow White, an orphaned Princess, is treated as a servant by her wicked aunt Queen Elvira. The vein Queen discovers from her magic mirror that she is not the ‘Fairest in the Land’ and plots to get rid of the beautiful Snow White by ordering her idiot Manservant, Igor, to take her into the woods and kill her. Igor cannot do this and lets her free where she meets The Seven Dwarfs.
Prince Caspien arrives to see Princess Snow White and along with Nurse Nellie (the Palace nanny) and her son Muddles they battle to beat the Evil Queen and her wicked plans.
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Aladdin

Script ALarge scale Aladdin – Aladdin, a poor son of Widow Twankey the local Laundry owner, masquerades as the Pekin’s very own vigilante The Masked Avenger! He falls in love with Princess Baldroubadour, but his secret is discovered by an evil sorcerer Abanazaar who blackmails him to enter a secret cave to steal a magic lamp.
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Script B
Mid-scale Aladdin – Aladdin, a poor son of Widow Twankey the local Laundry owner falls in love with Princess Baldroubadour and is sentenced to death. Abanazar, an evil sorcerer rescues him and recruits him into stealing a Magic lamp from an ancient cave.
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Dick Whittington

Richard Whittington, an honest dreamer, travels to London where ‘the streetsare paved with gold’ Fairy Bow Bells realises his destiny and supplying him with a feline companion helps him fight the evil King Rat and his army of Rats who are determined to rule the world.

Emporium owner Alderman Fitzewarren, his beautiful daughter Alice along with Sarah the Cook and her son Idle Jack help Dick to become Lord Mayor of London in an exciting journey across the seas.
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Peter Pan

Sleeping Beauty

Set in Camelot, Arthur and Guinevere have a daughter. At the Blessing of Princess Aurora Morgan Le Fay arrives and sets an evil curse on the child forcing the child into hiding until her eighteenth birthday. Princess Aurora, unaware of her true identity, is raised by Nanny Nicehand’s alongside her son Muddles.
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Robin Hood

As children, Robin and Marion say their goodbyes in the prologue – Robin leaves for Knight school promising Marion ‘He will be back!’ Fifteen years later Robin returns to find Sherwood under the rule of The Sherriff of Nottingham and his Mother Mandragoria. Robin forms his Merry Men and with the help of the Sherwood Oak, a Fairy and some magical Wood Elves they defeat the Sherriff and his Evil Mother, find the Templar Gold and bring happiness back to Nottingham.
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